Fruits - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65660 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Hibiscus esculentus | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Fruits | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Liberia | TDWG Region | Liberia | ||
| Parts Held | Fruits | Geography Description | Liberia, Tripoli | ||
| Uses | FruitsUse: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Allenson Dr | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/12/1900 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Dr Allenson was in Tripoli this Christmas and bought the enclosed to eat. Will you kindly let him know what they are and add them to your museum. They are muscilaginous. Let him know if you would like some sweet acorns (Quercus excota ?). H, e has some which he will willingly send you if you would like them for the Kew Museum. Dr Allenson is a vegetarian and is always on the prowl for new foods in the vegetable line. North Africa and Turkey | ||||